I guess you have taken the trip, so it would be nice if you had some report of the conditions you had down south.

Since we are approaching the winter soon, I may suggest for you (and others of course) to take a look at Norway for winter trips. We do mostly skiing here, but it is no problem to use snowshoes if you like that.

Norway and Sweden enjoys the "all mens right" meaning you may camp wherever you want except on farmed land, and close into buildings. But we have a lot of nice huts that are not very expensive. Some are even free of charge. This makes a tour more enjoyable, as well as safer. The huts are so close to each other that there is no problem to walk hut-to-hut for weeks. Btw this is the most popular way of hiking here in Norway.

I know that Norway is expensive for most people from the east Europe. But the trip to get here is shorter than south America, so maybe it will be cheaper anyway. The season starts in February, it is too dark and cold before that.

/Otto